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LensCrafters

Prescription eyewear retail chain.

Status: Avoid
Founded
1983
HQ
USA
Ownership type
Conglomerate subsidiary
Parent
EssilorLuxottica

Ownership

Owned by EssilorLuxottica.

Why Avoid

Retail arm of the Luxottica vertical integration.

Sister brands under EssilorLuxottica

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Investigation · April 9, 2026

Your Glasses Got Worse On Purpose

EssilorLuxottica makes your Ray-Bans, sells them through LensCrafters, insures them through EyeMed. Also owns the "independent" brands you thought were alternatives. How one Italian company built a vertical monopoly on your vision.

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